Brown Bear's Wonderful Secret

"What is it?" asked Fox. "What is this secret that's so great?Can you eat it?"

"No! No!" said Brown Bear impatiently."You wouldn't want to eat it! You'd want to snuffle and nuzzle it. You'd want to lick it all over from the top to the bottom and then some more!"

..."My secret isn't cold. Although you might want to wrapit up warm and hold onto it forever."

..."My secret cannot fly. But I willthrow it up in the air, and when it sails down I'll catch itin my big strong arms and never let it go."

..."Oh, I'll tuck it under my fur all right." said Brown Bear."Don't you worry about that. I'll tuck it, but I'll take it out every day and just look and look at it becauseI won't be able to believe my luck!"

..."It's not just wonderful," said Brown Bear."It's FABULOUS. It's so marvelous and magical...it's miraculous, even..."

The Gasperini-Ville Census came and went the other day and found a little something.

A quite wonderful little something. A 13-week-old secret little something.And guess who can't wait to hold it in her arms come June? (~June 23rd to be exact!)B-mama Bear!!!

I've been holding out on you all a little while and it feels good to finally come clean!! :)Thanks for rejoicing with us!

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